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Piyal Wijetunge
Piyal Kashyapa Wijetunge
Born: 6 August 1971, Badulla
Major Teams: Sinhalese Sports Club, Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club, Moors Sports Club, Kandy Cricket Club, Sri Lanka.
Known As: Piyal Wijetunge
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox
Test Debut: Sri Lanka v South Africa at Moratuwa, 1st Test, 1993/94
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(including 25/08/1993)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 1 2 0 10 10 5.00 66.66 0 0 0 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 52 5 118 2 59.00 1-58 0 0 156.0 2.26
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting 0 - - - - - - - - -
Balls M R W Ave Best 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 0 - - - - - - - - -
FIRST-CLASS
(1988/89 - 2001/02)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 65 69 21 541 52 11.27 0 1 24 0
O R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 1593.1 4907 161 30.47 7-51 3 1 59.3 3.08
LIST A LIMITED OVERS
(1990/91 - 1993/94)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 7 2 1 1 1* 1.00 0 0 1 0
O R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 48 150 7 21.42 3-15 0 0 41.1 3.12
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
StatsGuru Filters for Piyal Wijetunge
Profile:
One three school-boys from St Anthony's College who played in the
same team and then went on to represent Sri Lanka. Wijetunge, a
left arm orthodox slow bowler, formed a menacing partnership with
off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, as they terrorised batsman from
other schools. The other member of the trio was Ruwan Kalpage.
Unlike his fellow teammates Wijetunge did not go on to have a
distinguished international career playing in only one Test. In a
memorable personal moment Wijetunge made his Test debut alongside
his former schoolboy teammates. Joining Kalpage and Muralitharan
against the South Africans at Moratuwa he bowled tidily taking
two wickets. However, they could not bowl Sri Lanka to victory on
the final day as they did many times at school as a defiant
century from Jonty Rhodes held them at bay.
(Johann P Jayasekera , Sep 1999)
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